Beyond National Transitions: Local Political Orders and the ReMaking of Authority in Myanmar This seminar uses Myanmar’s evolving conflict environment to reflect on how local elites navigate authority during moments of state rupture, and what these dynamics reveal about the limits of nationally led transitions and the enduring significance of local political orders.
SOAS-led climate change network organises teacher training for universities across Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean The University Network for Strengthening Macro-financial Resilience to Climate and Environmental Change and the Resilience Adaptation Mainstreaming Program (RAMP) organised a four-day teacher training workshop on Climate Change Adaptation in Accra from 13 to 16 February 2024.
Riots in Knowsley: How the state perpetuates violence in asylum accommodation "This is our city". The anti-asylum violence at accommodation centres starts with state-led violent border management policies seen around the world.
Neural Buddhism: Biomedical Interpretations of the Dharma Join us for the Neural Buddhism conference, charting contemporary attitudes to Buddhism and Buddhist meditation viewed through the evolving lenses of the biomedical sciences.
6 tips for surviving the exam season Exam season can be a stressful and anxiety-filled time, but it doesn't have to be that way! Digital Ambassador Surabhi gives her tips to get through and thrive.
Dr Sophie van Huellen Commodity markets; commodity dependency; financialisation; global commodity chains; macro-financial linkages; international finance, machine learning for applied econometrics.
Zixuan Wang Zixuan Wang is an MPhil/PhD candidate in Anthropology at SOAS, University of London. Her research focuses on young Chinese urbanites who abandon white-collar jobs to engage in coffee production in rural Pu’er, Yunnan.
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